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S. KIRBY.

OHIME ATTAGHMENT' FOR HARNESS. No. 257,135. Patented Apr.25,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL KIRBY, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BEVIN BROTHERS lllANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHIME ATTACHMENT FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,135, dated April 25, 1882.

Application filed March 14, 1882.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KIRBY, acitizen of the United States, residing at East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chime Attachments for Harness, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what are usually known as Russian bells or chime attachments for harness, the same consisting of two or more open-mouthed bells attached to a bow, which is in turn secured in a vertical position to the hames, collar, or saddle of a harness.

The usual way of securing the bow to a harness-saddle is to pass the screw-threaded shanks of the terrets through perforations in the bow and screw the terrct-shanks into the saddle but this involves the necessity of detachin g the terrets from the saddle each time the bow is to be secured upon or removed from the latter, and hence the screw-threads are liable to become worn,so that aftera short while the shanks will fit loosely in their sockets and the tenets turn out of position while the harness is in use. Another objection to such mode of attachment is that by frequently turning the terret so as to unscrew it from the saddle the enamel of the latter, in case the harness is of fine make, will be cracked, thereby injuring the appearance of the hames.

It is the object of this invention to obviate such defects by so. constructing the how that it can be sprung onto or oiI from the terrets without unscrewing the latter from the saddle and without injuring either the saddle or the terrets. To such end I form the bow of spring metal and adapt it to be connected.

Fig. 4 shows the bell-clappers and theirhanger detached from abell.

The letter A refers to the bells, which are attached to the bow B, so as to constitute a chime. This bow is made of spring metal, so that, while it can be opened or spread out at its ends from the position normally assumed by the same, it will, by reason of its elastic it-y, cause its ends to spring back again as soon as released. Each end is bifurcated or slotted, as indicated in Fig. 2, the slotG being to receive the pedestal, or that portion of the terret which is between the ring and the baseplate of the latter.

To attach the bow to the tcrrets it will only be necessary for the operator to spring apart the ends of the bow so that the said portions of the terrets can be received in the slots of the bow, and to then release the bow, whereby the latter will spring back to its original shape, bringing the walls at the inner ends of the slots against the teirets and causing the said walls to bear firmly against the terrcts by reason of the spring force of the bow. This will effectively support the bow in position upon the saddle, such position of parts being illustrated in Fig. 1, in which the harness pad or saddle D and the terrcts E are shown in dotted lines.

In order to prevent theabrasion of polished surface of the terrets, I provide each slotted end of the spring-bow with a covering, F, of india-rubber or other soft material which will not injure the terret.

In Fig. 4, G illustrates the hanger of one of the bells. This hanger is composed of a central perforated body, g, having several radial arms, 9, with eyes in their ends. The links of the clappers are hooked onto these eyes, and the rivet H ispassed through the perforated body of the hanger and the top of the bell,-so as to secure the hanger to the latter, and it is also passed up through the bow and headed, so as to connect the bell and the bow together.

What I claim isa section taken on the dotted line av .12, Fig. 2.

. more bells having slotted ends or equivalent A spring bow or bar for supporting one or In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing attaching device, whereby it can be sprung witnesses.

V SAML. KIRBY. retained thereon by its inherent elasticity, Witnesses:

said spring bow or bar being thus adapted for LORIN F. 'Woon, attachment, substantially as described.

upon the terrets of aqharnesssaddle and be NATHL. 0. SMITH. 

